Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	426
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	365
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	61
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	173
MDs with Pediatric Specialty	27
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty	1
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty	6

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	12
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	5
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	6
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Hospital Admissions	49,385
Hospital beds	1,244

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	25	9,589
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	12	8,777
Other HMOs (1998)	13	812

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	252,352	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	159,718	63.3
Hispanic Whites (1999)	2,100	0.8
Blacks (1999)	89,011	35.3
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	398	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,125	0.4
Total Hispanics (1999)	2,608	1.0

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	18,985
Avg median household income (1997)	25,365
Persons in poverty (1997)	56,755
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	16
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	15
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	7